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Feb 2023
19m 51s

Chaos over currency in Nigeria continues

Bbc World Service
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The state of the Nigerian nation ahead of elections, as tensions over the shortage of new currency continue.

Also, the M23 rebel movement rejects a new report accusing it of perpetrating rape in the eastern DRC.

And South Africa begins ten days of naval training exercises with Russia and China.

Those stories and more in this podcast with Esau Williams

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